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Bill Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty. Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 87 SB 968 Texas SB 968 (87)
bill
Business & Commerce--General (I0050)
COVID-19 (SB9YM)
Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)
Health--General (I0385)
Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)
IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)
Legislature (I0520)
MEDICAL BOARD
TEXAS (V0644)
OFFICE OF CHIEF STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST (VS8DY)
Purchasing--State (I0643)
STATE HEALTH SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)
State Agencies
Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)
enacted
Button
Klick
Kolkhorst
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us-tx

Texas SB 968 (87) — Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • other — 00 (fail) · upper
  • passage — 1462 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Button — primary (person)
  • Klick — primary (person)
  • Kolkhorst — primary (person)
  • Blanco — cosponsor (person)
  • Paxton — cosponsor (person)
  • Perry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-03-03 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2021-03-03 Filed filing
  • 2021-03-11 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-03-11 Referred to Health & Human Services referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2021-03-31 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-03-31 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2021-03-31 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-04-13 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-04-19 Co-author authorized
  • 2021-04-19 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-19 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2021-04-20 Co-author authorized
  • 2021-04-20 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2021-04-21 Co-author authorized
  • 2021-04-21 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2021-04-21 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-04-21 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2021-04-21 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-04-21 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-21 Passed to engrossment as amended
  • 2021-04-21 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2021-04-21 Three day rule suspended
  • 2021-04-21 Record vote
  • 2021-04-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-04-21 Passed passage
  • 2021-04-21 Record vote
  • 2021-04-21 Reported engrossed
  • 2021-04-22 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2021-04-28 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-04-28 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2021-05-10 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-10 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2021-05-10 Left pending in committee
  • 2021-05-18 Considered in public hearing
  • 2021-05-18 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
  • 2021-05-20 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2021-05-20 Committee report distributed
  • 2021-05-21 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2021-05-23 Considered in Calendars
  • 2021-05-25 Placed on Major State Calendar
  • 2021-05-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2021-05-25 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2021-05-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2021-05-26 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-26 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-26 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-26 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-26 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2021-05-26 Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
  • 2021-05-26 Passed as amended passage
  • 2021-05-26 Record vote
  • 2021-05-28 House passage as amended reported
  • 2021-05-30 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2021-05-30 Read
  • 2021-05-30 Remarks ordered printed
  • 2021-05-30 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2021-05-30 Record vote
  • 2021-05-30 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2021-05-31 Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
  • 2021-05-31 House adopts resolution for tech. correction
  • 2021-05-31 Signed in the House
  • 2021-05-31 Signed in the Senate
  • 2021-05-31 Reported enrolled
  • 2021-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-16 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-06-16 Effective immediately became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60ae2d9c-dc0a-4864-b194-1f78f7c3a401. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).